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A former adjunct professor and author of four technology books, Mr. Ruh holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science from.

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BILL RUH is the CEO for GE Digital and Chief Digital Officer for GE. GE Digital provides premier digital software solutions and services through Predix, GE's.

Previously, William was vice president at Cisco, executive vice president and chief technology officer of Concept Five Technologies, Inc., and chief technology.

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A computer science graduate from California State University, Bill is a 30-year veteran of the software and internet industries, holding executive management positions at Cisco, Software AG, Inc., The Advisory Board, The MITRE Corporation, and Concept 5Technologies.

The Capgemini Research Institute spoke with Bill to understand more about GE’s digital transformation and the important role played by culture and talent.

The GE digital transformation journey

Can you tell us about the role of a CDO in an industrial company and the beginning of GE’s digital transformation journey?

The role of a CDO in an industrial company is about taking a traditional company with a traditional portfolio that primarily sells hard assets – such as jet aircraft engines or wind turbines – and trying to help that company transition to a set of digital services that can be operated at greater efficiencies.

This is crucial because we all know that the future is going to be the data coming off these